Cookie-in-a-Jar Mix Recipe

Gift the gift of the aroma of freshly baked cookies. Instead of gifting already made cookies, give your own custom cookie-in-a-jar mix, as Elana Amsterdam of Elana’s Pantry does. One of her favorite gifts, her high-protein, gluten-free cookie mix is easy to make into cookies, and a perfect homemade gift for shipping.

Directions

Place dry ingredients in the 16-ounce Mason jar. Place chocolate chips on top of dry ingredients in Mason jar. Place wet ingredients in the 4-ounce Mason jar. Print or write out the below cookie baking instructions on a tag with a punched hole. Tie a decorative ribbon around the larger jar and tie on the tag.

Elana Amsterdam is the blogger behind ElanasPantry.com, which offers delicious, simple, healthy gluten-free recipes and tips on living and eating well. Read more

Cookie Shopping Tip

Be sure to purchase the correct flour a recipe calls for – flours differ in gluten or protein content, making each suited for specific tasks.

Cookie Cooking Tip

Insert a toothpick into the center of cakes, bar cookies, and quick breads to test for doneness – it should come out clean or only have a few crumbs clinging to it.

Cookie Wine Pairing

Milk is more traditional with cookies than wine in the U.S., but a few cookies and a glass of sweet wine make a simple, enjoyable dessert. Sweet chenin blanc, muscat, or amontilladosherrywith nut-based cookies; sauternes or sweet German wines with sugar cookies; cabernet sauvignon or cabernet franc with chocolate desserts; Italian vin santo with biscotti.